Rep. Trent Franks

Republican  •  2nd District, Arizona  •  4th Term  •  Sworn In 2003
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03/14/07
Congressman Trent Franks Blogs about Kareem

Trent Franks is now also blogging on his support for Kareem: Freedom of Speech Should Apply to Our Allies Too. (Hat tip: Jesse.) Only through the genius of “sophisticated, enlightened men and women” can a self-evident truth be denied. ...

03/14/07
Egypt: Freedom of Expression & Freedom of Religious Beliefs

The US Representative from Arizona, Congressman Trent Franks wrote a letter to the Washington Post regarding the issue of freedom of expression and religious freedom in Egypt, citing the case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger Abdelkareem ...

03/13/07
Of Beams and Motes - Matthew 7:5

Gotcha! Trent Franks says "Freedom of Speech should apply to our allies ...." - I think it should apply to us first. Franks' logic in his first paragraph fully contradicts his position on issues such as abortion and women's rights. This is the man who wan

03/13/07
Franks has total hissy over CAIR’s Capitol conference room

Franks has total hissy over CAIR’s Capitol conference room March 12th, 2007 [ Trent Franks]From Trent Franks’ website: The Washington Times today reported that a House Democrat has arranged for use of a conference room in the United States Capitol

03/13/07
Only through the genius of “sophisticated, enlightened men ...

Only through the genius of “sophisticated, enlightened men and women” can a self-evident truth be denied. The self-evident truth I to which I refer is that all men, women, and children regardless of race, monetary worth, ...

03/13/07
Franks pushes for religious freedom, conscience clause in workplace

Trent Franks is cosponsoring the Workplace Religious Freedom Act:. WRFA will require employers to accommodate the religious observances of their employees as long as providing such accommodations will not impose an “undue hardship” upon ...

03/12/07
Blogger’s Appeal Tomorrow

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak probably had no idea what a firestorm would be let loose when his courts sentenced a blogger to four years in prison for defaming Islam and insulting Mubarak. Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman’s appeal is expecte

03/12/07
Blogger's Appeal Tomorrow

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03/12/07
Egyptian Blogger’s Appeal Tomorrow

The latest reposte to Mubarak came in the form of a letter to the editor of the Washington Post from Representative Trent Franks (R-Arizona). What can Mubarak lose by freeing this blogger? Not much. If anything, he will have to take ...

03/11/07
Care Home Protest

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03/11/07
Washington Post: Free Kareem Coalition Responds to Egyptian Embassy

In addition to U.S. Congressman Trent Franks’ response to the Egyptian Embassy’s letter to The Washington Post, Constantino Diaz-Duran, our New York Coordinator, had his response published. The letter is unavailable online; we have provided a scanned

Source: Free Kareem!
03/11/07
Kareem's Case Continues to Get Attention

Trent Franks has a letter in today’s Washington Post. I heard yesterday from some diplomatic sources that other governments are approaching the Egyptian authorities to urge a correction of that terrible mistake. ...

03/10/07
Arizona Congressman to Mubarak: Free Blogger

Representative Trent Franks (R-Arizona) has entered the fray via a Washingon Post letter to the editor. The... top favorite. highlighted by publicreader via publicreader | Sat, 03/10/2007 - 8:07pm.

03/10/07
Arizona Congressman to Mubarak: Free Blogger

Representative Trent Franks (R-Arizona) has entered the fray via a Washingon Post letter to the editor. The Congressman calls on Mubarak to pardon Solimon “immediately”, or risk losing two billion dollars per year in American aid: ...

03/10/07
Free Kareem! » Blog Archive » US Congressman Franks to Mubarak ...

U.S. Representative (R-Ariz.) Washington. In January, Rep. Trent Franks and Rep. Barney Frank co-signed a letter to Egypt’s Ambassador to the U.S., in which they called for Kareem Amer’s release. We thank both U.S. Congressmen for their ...

03/05/07
Moose, Bears and Crazy Alphonso

Every fall in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, the post Game Wardens geared up for the annual moose hunt. There were only four full-time game wardens and for most of the year that was plenty. The moose hunt was different. In September, hunters from all over the U

03/05/07
Egyptian Blogger Jailed For Blogging

Although no official comment was made by the White House or the United States government, Congressmen Barney Frank and Trent Franks wrote a joint letter demanding the young blogger's immediate release. In addition, Amnesty International ...

Source: LAist
03/04/07
AZ Right to Life Gala a success last night

Since the AZ Republic and E. Valley Trib would never even write 2 sentences about Arizona Right to Life unless they were being criminally prosecuted, hotazitgets provides this report on last night's gala from one of the good guys at AZ Right to Life - Pro

03/04/07
AZ Right to Life Gala a success last night

Since the AZ Republic and E. Valley Trib would never even write 2 sentences about Arizona Right to Life unless they were being criminally prosecuted, hotazitgets provides this report on last night's gala from one of the good guys at AZ Right to Life - Pro

03/02/07
White House 08

White House 08 By edsistrunk Since announcing around Halloween that he was considering a run for the GOP presidential nomination, Hunter has been to South Carolina at least four times, certainly more often than he has visited New Hampshire or Iowa. L

03/02/07
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03/01/07
EAT THE RICH… CONGRESSMEN

Republican Congressman Trent Franks of Arizona owns Liberty Petroleum and claims his business interests don’t affect his votes. There’s every desire on my part to do what’s best for the country and for the people I represent, ...

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02/27/07
Reminder: AZ Right to Life gala is this Saturday

Don't forget to sign up for the annual AZ Right to Life gala this Saturday. Rep. Trent Franks is the featured speaker. They always have a who's who large crowd of attendees (even John McCain bought a table last year), and you won't have ...

02/25/07
Duncan Hunter speaks to Trunk & Tusk

A receptive crowd greeted California Congressman and presidential aspirant, Duncan Hunter, Saturday night at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Phoenix. Hunter was introduced by Arizona Congressman Trent Franks. This was the first Trunk & Tusk even

02/24/07
Duncan Hunter speaks to Trunk & Tusk

Hunter was introduced by Arizona Congressman Trent Franks. This was the first Trunk & Tusk event presided over by newly elected GOP state Chairman, Randy Pullen. The dinner was the last of the 2006 series, postponed due to scheudling ...

02/23/07
Taxpayers Union releases annual scores; Flake comes out on top

Taxpayers Union releases annual scores; Flake comes out on top February 22nd, 2007 [ Debt]The National Taxpayers Union has released their scores for the second 109th Congress (2006)… here’s how our former delegation did (compared with the year befor

02/23/07
Egyptian Blogger Sentenced To Four Years

The conviction has also drawn expressions of concern from American congressmen Trent Franks, R-Ariz., and Barney Frank, D-Mass, who have written to the Egyptian Ambassador here to say, ''the Egyptian government's arrest of Mr. ...

02/23/07
I’ma Senator. Don’t Screw With Me.

Trent Lott is hip-deep in this, as well. One big question when Democrats took over ... Trent Lott. The Mississippian was "infuriated" by the insurance industry’s refusal to shell out for certain Katrina claims, most notably his own. ...

Source: QandO
02/22/07
Letter to Congress

I'm copying this letter I wrote to House Representative Franks (R-AZ) for anyone else to read who might be interested. Also, if you want to do something positive, please copy and adapt it to send to your own congressional representatives. The U.S. a

02/22/07
RE: Trent Franks

Trackbacks (0) Another breaking update from the State GOP officers election This just in - the numbers eligible to vote for state GOP officers have been updated to 529 in person, 284 by proxy, for a total of 813. Nomination speeches hav

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